Peki:Komplex: It's amazing/depressing to think we can call a guy who won 4 NBA titles, 3 Finals MVP, Regular Season MVP and 15 All-Star Appearances an underachiever.

I think even Shaq would admit he's a horrible free-thrower. We weren't calling him a bad ball player.

Neither am I, but we have to admit Shaq had a horrible work ethic to the point where it wasted his natural gifts and cut his career short. If he had the work ethic of LeBron or the competitive spirit of MJ, Shaq could have finished his career with 8 NBA titles, a half-dozen MVPs. etc...

Not buying that. Johnson is 6-foot-5 and played on the d-line at Miami. Barkley's the same height, if not an inch shorter.

Wikipedia says that Barkley's 6'6".

I... wait... what? He was a power forward. That's TINY for a power forward. I mean, like insanely small. I honestly thought he was like 6'10" or something (which would be reasonable considering that he looks around 4-5 inches taller than Dwayne Johnson in that picture. Then again, Shaq is what, 7'1" and looks like 7-8 inches taller than Barkley, so, yeah, gonna have to say it's a 'shop.

Komplex:Peki: Komplex: It's amazing/depressing to think we can call a guy who won 4 NBA titles, 3 Finals MVP, Regular Season MVP and 15 All-Star Appearances an underachiever.

I think even Shaq would admit he's a horrible free-thrower. We weren't calling him a bad ball player.

Neither am I, but we have to admit Shaq had a horrible work ethic to the point where it wasted his natural gifts and cut his career short. If he had the work ethic of LeBron or the competitive spirit of MJ, Shaq could have finished his career with 8 NBA titles, a half-dozen MVPs. etc...

When hack-a-Shaq became a standard method for beating the Lakers, Rick Barry offered to teach him how to shoot "granny style." Shaq turned him down because he didn't want to look "silly."

Shaq could have done better with the slightest bit of effort. This is a tragedy for any Basketball Fan.

I don't think your free throw shooting form matters that much when you can't flick your wrist. IIRC, he broke his wrist twice in a row as a child which prevents him from making the rapid flick motion required to get adequate spin/arc on longer shots. Even an underhanded toss needs some spin to get that shooter's roll. It isn't mentioned in his bio, but I seem to remember the commentators discussing it during one of the Lakers' Finals appearances.

Not buying that. Johnson is 6-foot-5 and played on the d-line at Miami. Barkley's the same height, if not an inch shorter.

Wikipedia says that Barkley's 6'6".

I... wait... what? He was a power forward. That's TINY for a power forward. I mean, like insanely small. I honestly thought he was like 6'10" or something (which would be reasonable considering that he looks around 4-5 inches taller than Dwayne Johnson in that picture. Then again, Shaq is what, 7'1" and looks like 7-8 inches taller than Barkley, so, yeah, gonna have to say it's a 'shop.

/Kind of sad now.

Barkley showed one big ass is equal to 8 inches of height.According to reporters, Barkley is probably closer to 6'4" and given Rock's WWE background any physical information on him is closer to fiction than truth.

CSS: My ex-husband was 6'1, 375. Most people made him look a giant. One day, we get this guy in the restaurant who is 7'2. Now, I was used to seeing my ex look like a bear compared to other people. What I wasn't prepared for was for my ex to look like Danny Devito standing next to Arnold Schwarzenegger in Twins. It was very bizarre.

/and then you walk closer, and they just get bigger!

6'1 375? Damnnn.

I had a similar experience when Shawn Bradley walked into the Chili's I toiled at in high school. I'm 6'4 and he's 7'6. He had to duck down to get in the door.

Komplex:Barkley showed one big ass is equal to 8 inches of height.According to reporters, Barkley is probably closer to 6'4" and given Rock's WWE background any physical information on him is closer to fiction than truth.

Barkley's probably 6'6 or 6'7. His height keeps getting adjusted down to make his story seem bigger. He's at least as tall as Jordan.